#400E6A#400E6A

#400E6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.145 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E6A
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 106)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(273, 87%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 86.8%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.67, 40.62, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.67, 58.82, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(30.89% 0.0785 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(30.89% 0.145 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8723, 2.4447, 13.8481)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E6A #386A0E

analogous

#120E6A #400E6A #6A0E66

triadic

#400E6A #6A400E #0E6A40

tetradic

#400E6A #6A120E #386A0E #0E666A

square

#400E6A #6A120E #386A0E #0E666A

split-complementary

#400E6A #666A0E #0E6A12

monochromatic

#10041B #1F0734 #400E6A #6115A0 #811CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.10

#400E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#400E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E6A

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E6A	1.00	14.10	1.49	14.10
#FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37283D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.145 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5495',
    500: '#400e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e6a;
$custom-light: #7a5495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30893,
    "c": 0.14461,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E6A

secondary

#65A331

accent

#F3358C

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E6A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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